Improvement in thill-tugs



J. T. SMITH. TMll-Tug.

No. I198,702 4 Patented Dec. 25, |877.

OTO-LITHDGHAP through the buckle, e

tightly `and secured by the tongue of they l buckle. No metallic plate is needed to hold NIrH-n STATES P A'lnNT OHHIOHI JOHN T. sMITH, on AUHOHMILLINOIS, Assrenon or ONE-HALF HIs RIGHT To WILLIAM Le. MORRIS, on SAME 'PLI-Ion. l,

l IMPROVEMENT IN 'rHlLL-Tues.

Y Specication Aforming part of Letters Patent No. 198,702, dated December 25,1877; application filed November 23,1877.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN T. SMITH, of Aurora, in the county of Kane and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Thill-'Iugs or Shaft-Bearers; and I do hereby declare that the follow-` q port for the buckle, and a means for tightening, adjusting, and securing the outer strap l or loop of the tug to the inner rubber, wood,

or other lining, the whole being simple, cheap,

` and reliable.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective,

. and Fig. 2 a centralvertical section, of a tug illustrating my invention.

:The frame or shaping piece of the loop is shown at A, and it may be made of wood, hard or soft rubber, or any other appropriate material;` but -I prefer soft rubber. It is hanged, as shown, at its edges, that the strap B may lie between such ilanges, and I be thus e prevented from displacement laterally.

I The strap is adapted to be entirely removed, e body and is furnished with abuckle atb-one oi2 andas readily applied` to the frame or its extremities; `The `strap passes entirely around the frame A, its buckle end being lo` cated at the top or smaller end of suchframe,

and the other end of the strap is then passed and the strap drawn up the buckle down to theframe, inasmuch as the freeend of the strap passing through the buckle maybe tightened sufficiently to preclude thel use of any such appliance, suchplates, e

`the frame, because of the screws or nails when employed, tending to weaken which fasten them down entering into the body of the Wood or material of which such frame is composed.

By my construction, also, yso far as described, I have all the advantage of strength `due to the wrapping of the strap and the stitching of the same around the body of the buckle, which is not feasible in those cases where the tongue of the buckle merely projects through a hole inthe strap, and the latter is not secured to the buckle by stitching, f i

because both its ends are remote from the buckle. l

In addition to the devices already described,

however, I employ a 'screw-bolt, or a rivet, C, y e

and a nut, d, the bolt passing through a hole I in the body of the strap, and then unden the body of the buckle, other and then through the different kinds of leather, bility to stretch or to contract under variations of weather, such as wet or dry, hot or cold, te.

The removability of the strap, also, without in any way injuring it, permits the :ready removal of the flanged frame A in case of any repairs being needed, or in case of its I breakage, and the instant substitution of another. bo, also, one strap may be substituted for another at a moments notice, and without theneed of `a skilled workman.

The soft-rubber lining, to a great degree, prevents the slipping and rubbing of the shafts on such lining, and the consequent wearing away of the shaft and of the lining where they come in contact, and it also greatly diminishes the noise and rattle.

The end of the strap, after the same is buckled to place, may be kept down by inserting the same within the keeper E, and by passing the bolt through this end, also, it will beseen that the strain and weight are not sus` l tained, as is usual, by a single thickness of the strap, but, in e. addition thereto, the l part of the strap 5 and the nut being then applied, it may be tightened up to any degree desired. This provision for tighten- 4ing or loosening at will affords a means for `adjustments which may be desirable, due to or to their lia-l security afforded by stitching the same to the 2. The combination of the frame. A, strap buckle. A B, buckle b, bolt or rivet C, and nut d, sub- I'c1aim--- Y stantially as and for the purpose described.

.1. In combination with the frame A, made v of rubber, Wood, or equivalent material, the JOHN T. SMITH.

strap B, provided with a buckle secured to one of its ends, and the strap passing around Witnesses:

the frame, and removably secured thereto by C. H. ADAMS,

its engagement with the tongue lof the buckle, AE. T. PRINDLE.

as shown ,and described. 

